[Goose]

I am going to be a bit of an optimist here and withhold panic until the players in the portal actually exit the portal to some other school. There are many reasons to go into the portal. One of them is that it lets you see what options may be available elsewhere. You may find that there are none that are attractive and pull your name from the portal. It may also be that you aren't sure you can get into the Stanford program you want for next year and actually may need to go somewhere else. Figuring out where that may be is just prudent. I wold argue that if you aren't already accepted into the program you want at Stanford, it would be stupid not to look at all your options.

[Goose]

I am going to be a bit of an optimist here and withhold panic until the players in the portal actually exit the portal to some other school. There are many reasons to go into the portal. One of them is that it lets you see what options may be available elsewhere. You may find that there are none that are attractive and pull your name from the portal. It may also be that you aren't sure you can get into the Stanford program you want for next year and actually may need to go somewhere else. Figuring out where that may be is just prudent. I wold argue that if you aren't already accepted into the program you want at Stanford, it would be stupid not to look at all your options.